Do you believe in an absolute reality? Absolute reality, or called by another name “ultimate reality,” just may be a matter of perception. If we accept ultimate reality as infinite then all we have done is acknowledged the scope of that reality but not its character.
The character of ultimate reality includes, but is not limited to, this so-called “physical world," or physical universe. Reality just may be a matter of perception, as we do not see the world as it is rather we see the world as we are; according to our conditioning, which influences our perception.
Still this begs the question of whether or not there is a collective reality, or universal perception; one might even say a “universal experience.” Birth and death happens to all sentient beings but it is perceived differently. External transformations, or change, is perceived differently, or interpreted differently, by different people. What I am writing here is my interpretation or perception.
Is there an experience that everyone perceives, or experiences, the same way? One might call that experience a universal reality, or is reality individualistic and not at all universal? Human beings seek out like-minded people; those people who see things the way that they do. Yes, there are objective realities removed from interpretation or perception, but one would have to believe in objectivity to embrace objective reality.
Once we have perceived something, that something is no longer “objective. “ Our perception interprets what we call “objectivity” into a subjective experience, and the more we interpret something the farther away from that something we get. We get to a point where all we have is our interpretation of that thing and not that thing itself.
All that we call “reality” we subject to our own interpretation. We label everything, including those things that we have no label for; those things are generally called “phenomena.” Putting a label on something makes it real for us, thus people want to know, “what do you call it?” In most cases, the label becomes more real for us than the thing that we have labeled.
I have long contended that God, the universe, creator, divine infinite, or whatever you may want to call it, is beyond thoughts and words. God, in my opinion, is unreasonable; that is to say beyond human reasoning. The human mind cannot image infinity, because the mind can only picture that which it can frame and infinity has no frame, no boundaries or borders.
I do not believe that ultimate “truth” is right or wrong, or something which we might agree upon. Generally religions are formed when people agree upon ultimate truths. Rather I believe that truth is something that each person should experience for themselves and interpret for themselves. In the journey of self-discovery know one will know you like you know your self. All experience is intimate.
